The Public Enemy list in Thompson Arena has two new names at the top: Union goalkeeper Kris Mayotte and referee John Murphy. Mayotte shut out Dartmouth in Hanover for the second straight year and Murphy called 10 penalties against the Big Green. Those penalties yielded five power-play goals, as the Dutchmen left Thompson Arena with … Read more
Rensselaer’s Vic Pereira scored with 2:15 remaining in overtime to give the Engineers a hard-fought road victory over Vermont at sold-out Gutterson Fieldhouse Saturday. The Catamounts, who were playing for the win in the overtime period, took a chance to seize victory. Their aggressive play triggered a three-on-two odd-man rush to the opposite end of … Read more
At the beginning of the season, a lot of people circled January 31, 2004 on the calendar. When the date finally arrived, the battle of last season’s Hockey East titans, New Hampshire and Providence, wasn’t quite the matchup everyone expected in October. But you couldn’t tell that by the intensity on the ice, as this … Read more
After Friday’s near-disaster, Maine wasn’t about to let New Hampshire back into Saturday’s game — not even a little. Five different Black Bears scored goals, Jimmy Howard made 25 saves and Maine completed an uncharacteristic sweep of New Hampshire with a 5-0 win in front of a packed house at Alfond Arena. The shutout was … Read more
RIT scored two goals in the closing minutes of the first period, another just as the second period started, and then rode the advantage to a 6-1 victory over league rival Hobart. The Tiger special teams were the difference in the contest. RIT scored four power-play goals while only giving up one to the Statesmen. … Read more
It didn’t start out where Friday night’s 6-4 shootout left off, but Holy Cross continued its march up the Atlantic Hockey ladder with a 5-2 victory over Bentley Saturday night. Thanks to Ben Conway’s 26 saves in his return to the net, and a three-goal second period, Holy Cross completed a weekend sweep of the … Read more
Colgate streaked into second place in the ECAC on Saturday night at Starr Rink by putting a 2-1 finishing touch on a weekend sweep of Cornell. Kyle Doyle’s 10th goal of the season midway through the second period proved the game winner, as Cornell failed to score a second goal for the sixth time in … Read more
The Bowling Green Falcons and the Ohio State Buckeyes staged an entertaining matchup in front of 4,210 fans at the BG Ice Arena Saturday night, as the Buckeyes (16-12-0, 11-9-0 CCHA) skated past the Falcons 4-3. “This was the kind of game I expected,” said OSU coach John Markell. “It was a chippy game. We … Read more
Spartan head coach Rick Comley finally got the effort he wanted from his players. Unfortunately for Michigan State, that effort wasn’t enough against first-place Miami Saturday at Munn Arena, as the RedHawks completed a weekend sweep with a 3-1 victory. “To sweep on the road is huge,” said Miami coach Enrico Blasi. “I thought it … Read more
With Harvard coming off 20 days of exam break and the Beanpot starting in a few days, one never knows what to expect. Saturday, on the road at Brown, the Crimson battled but were again bested by goaltender Yann Danis as Brown took a 2-1 overtime win. After giving up a goal five minutes into … Read more
Yale sophomore Joe Zappala notched his nation-best eighth game-winning goal of the season with three seconds remaining in overtime and Josh Gartner made 41 saves to lift the Bulldogs (11-10, 9-5 ECAC) to a thrilling 4-3 win at Clarkson. It was fitting that Zappala — who had been frustrated much of the weekend — would … Read more
Notre Dame defenseman Brett Lebda scored with 28.5 seconds left on the clock to give the Fighting Irish a 2-2 tie versus the Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks on Saturday night at the Joyce Center. Lebda’s goal came with Notre Dame goaltender David Brown pulled in favor of a sixth attacker as time ran down with the … Read more
Both Michigan and Lake Superior State extended streaks to six games Saturday night, although they’re heading in opposite directions. With a 4-0 victory, the Wolverines have now won six straight in the CCHA, while Lake Superior has lost six in a row, four of them against CCHA teams. Michigan (18-7-1 overall, 13-4-1 CCHA) got goals … Read more
Western Michigan returned home Saturday to a reversal of fortune. After falling 4-1 Friday night on the road against Ferris State, the Broncos dropped the Bulldogs 3-2 before a sellout crowed at Lawson Arena. Brent Walton’s goal at 15:57, which gave his club a two-goal edge, proved to be the game winner as the Broncos … Read more
Fifth-ranked Minnesota defeated WCHA rival and No. 7 Wisconsin, 4-2, at Mariucci Arena Friday night. Outscored at even strength, Minnesota had to rely on its power play to notch the win. The game plan was to create traffic in front of Wisconsin goaltender Bernd Bruckler. “They box out real well. We really wanted to get … Read more
Potsdam and Fredonia entered tonight’s game in Fredonia’s Steele Hall Arena with each trying to break respective winless streaks while at the same time trying to get two key points in the SUNYAC standings. It was Potsdam that achieved these goals, ending its seven-game winless streak (0-5-2) with a 4-3 victory, while Fredonia’s streak now … Read more
Over the years, whenever heated rivals Quinnipiac and Mercyhurst banged heads, the games were almost without fail tense, back-and-forth nail-biters that went right down to the final buzzer. That hasn’t happened this year. And it didn’t happen at the Mercyhurst Ice Arena on Friday. Getting goals from five different players, excellent penalty killing, timely defense, … Read more
In a game between the two bottom-dwelling teams in the ECAC, Vermont defeated Union, 3-1, in front of a sold-out Gutterson Fieldhouse. Senior Jeff Miles paced Vermont, scoring a goal and adding an assist, and goaltender Travis Russell posted a 21-save performance as the Catamounts split the season series with the Dutchmen and snapped a … Read more
Massachusetts-Lowell was dealt a major blow Friday night when it was discovered that sophomore forward Paul Falco, a transfer from Maine, was not eligible to play when he began his tenure on the ice for Lowell about a month ago. As a result, the River Hawks are forced to forfeit nine games, five of which … Read more
Ferris State scored two times in 11 seconds in the second period and went on to a 4-1 win over Western Michigan. Trevor Large gave Ferris a two-goal lead with the game winner at 3:32. Matt Verdone wristed the puck toward the net, and Large was there to put the rebound past Marvin. That would … Read more